Guard for nursing bottles



M. AND'H. M. SNYDER. GUARD FOR-NURSING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21. 1921- 1,43s,272 Patented Dec.12,1922.

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Patented Dec. 12, i922.

rainron A. SNYDER AND Hoar-ion "M. SNYDER; or rnrLnnnLrrtIA. PENNSYLVANIA."

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' iApplication filed December 1, 1.92.1. Serial No. 523,871.

I T 0 all whom it mag concern. I

Be it known thatwe, MILTON "A. SNYD R and HORACE M. SNYDER, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphim n the county of Philadelphia. and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful. Improvements ina Guard for Nursing Bottles of which the following is a specifi cation.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in a guard for nursing botties, and has for its object to provide an exceeding simple and effective device of this character which will protect all parts of the bottle and reduce to a minimum the likelihood of the same being broken when dropped.

Another object of the invention is to con-. struct the upper end of the guard in such a way as to protect the neck and mouth of the bottle which will also prevent the.

neck of the bottle slipping into the mouth of the child, thereby eliminating the chance of the child being choked.

-A further object ofthe invention is to provide resilient means for contacting-with diiferent portions of the bottle contained therein.

WVith these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and com-- bination of elements hereinafter set'forth' and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same,

we willidescribe its construction in detail,

referring by numeralsto the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which I I Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a guard for nursing bottles made in accordance with our invention showing it applied to a bottle,

a portion of the guard and bottle being broken away to illustrate certain details of construction; and

Fig. 2, is a section at the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. v i

In carrying out our invention, 2 represents the guard, 3 a bottle contained therein and 4: the nipple on said bottle.

The guard consists of a body 5 having a restricted neck 6 and a closure 7 for the bottom end. number of vertical ribs 8 preferably formed from wire with their upper portions con- The body is constructed of a will. contact with the childs faceshould there be a tendency for the bottle to, slip lntothe ch lds mouththereby preventing the chlldbelng choked or otherwise-injured.

verging toward vertical centerwofv the} guard for a shortdistance as at, 9 and then (pro ecting outward as at 10 to a shield which points therebetween, and on the ribs, between the two uppermost stays, are placed compressible members 12, such as sections of rubber tubing, mouth of the bottle and to provide cushion or soft elements on that, part i which is likely tostrike the cliilds face.

To the lower portion of the body are fixed the bow sprlngs 13 the upper ends of which engageand slideupon certain ofthe ribs for contact with the neck or i of the guard during the time they are conforming to the size or contour of a bottle: as the latter is '80 being placed in the guard.

The closure 7 is also made of wireandf comprises a rim 14, Cross pieces '15, hinge elements 16, in the form of loops or eyes connected with the lowermost stay, and a catch 17 adapted to spring over and engage said lowermost stay to retain the closure in On the inside of the its closed position. closure is mounted a coiled spring l8 1o-' cated in the axial center of said closure and adapted to engage the bottom of the bottle to exert suificient pressure thereon for forcing the bottle into firm contact with y the compressible members 12 and preventing movement of the bottle relative to the guard after'it is in place.

In practice the bottle is inserted in the guard from the lower end and whenp'roperly positioned the closure is closed to prevent the accidentaldisplacement of the bots tle.

If the bottle, when fitted with such a guard,'is dropped no part thereof can contact with the floor or other surface'to which it has fallenand because of thesprings and compressible members the shock incident to such a fall will be absorbed by such elements and prevent the'bottle being broken. Because of the wide shield produced by the outwardly projecting upper ends of the ribs no part of the bottle can enter the childs mouth WlllClL therefore cannot be choked or otherwiseinjured- 2' Of course We do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as here in shown as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful is': i

1. A guard for nursing bottles comprising a body having a restricted upper portion and an outwardly flared shield beyond said restricted portion, compressible members located at the upper end of the body in the region ofsaid shield, means to close I the lower end of the guard, a spring carried by said means to engage the bottom of a bottle and bow springs having their lower ends fixed to the lower end of the guard and projecting upwardly into the guard.

2. A guard for nursing bottles consis ends fixed to the lowermost stay with their upper free endsin sliding contact with certain of the ribs, a closure, hinge elements carried thereby and connected to said lowermost stay, a catch also carried by the closure for engagement with said stay and a coiled spring carried by the closure.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto afiixed our signatures.

' MILTON A. SNYDER.

HORACE M. SNYDER. 

